Krzysztof Penderecki Festival, on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the composer’s birth, is an event bringing together the crème de la crème of artistic circles of all over the world, and Polish Radio Program 2 is going to broadcast the festival’s concerts. Invited to participate was every major Polish ensemble, and the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir was honoured to be one of those, alongside such groups, as National Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra, Katowice Polish Radio National Symphonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonia Iuventus, Polish Radio Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, National Philharmonic Choir, Grand Theatre—National Opera Choir, Kraków Philharmonic Choir, Polish Chamber Choir, Warsaw Boys’ Choir. The ensembles will be led by worldwide-known conductors: Jerzy Maksymiuk, Christoph Eschenbach, Leonard Slatkin, Alexander Liebreich, Lawrence Foster, Jacek Kaspszyk, Rafael Payare, Tadeusz Strugała, John Axelrod, and Sergey Smbatyan.

Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir is going to perform on Tuesday, November 20, at 19:30. At the same time the broadcast will start on Polish Radio Program 2.

Tuesday, November 20, 19:30
National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Sienkiewicza 10

Programme:
Krzysztof Penderecki—“Hymn do św. Wojciecha”; “Hymn do św. Daniiła”
Performing:
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
Polish Radio Orchestra
Dawid Runtz—conductor

Krzysztof Penderecki—“Credo”
Performing:
Iwona Hossa—soprano I
Karolina Sikora—soprano II
Anna Lubańska—mezzosoprano
Adam Zdunikowski—tenor
Wojtek Gierlach—bass
Warsaw Boys’ Choir (Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz—director)
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow Choir (Teresa Majka-Pacanek—director)
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir (Violetta Bielecka—director)
Polish Radio Orchestra
Maximiano Valdés—conductor